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TI-2024-00880 Aliases CVE-2024-0955GHSA-6j46-c3h7-p829

Stored XSS in Tenable Nessus

Priority LOW 23CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A stored XSS vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus proxy settings, which could lead to the execution of remote arbitrary scripts.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00561 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Nessus (Tenable): 10.7.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TenableNessusbefore 10.7.010.7.0Patch availableCNA
  • Nessus VendorTenable Affected before 10.7.0 Fixed in 10.7.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 10.7.0VulnerableTenable
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.7.0 Vulnerable ·Tenable

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Nessus (Tenable) Fixed in 10.7.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Tenable Nessus 10.7.0

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-0955
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6j46-c3h7-p829

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2022-00687 Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2021-20962 In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-21076 In doProlog in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, an integer overflow exists for m_groupSize. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2021-02413 NULL pointer deref in signature_algorithms processing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
  • TI-2021-02414 CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
  • TI-2022-07855 Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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